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On the optimal ‘lockdown’ during an epidemic
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2020-06-03
Network member Dirk Niepelt and coauthor Martín Gonzalez-Eiras embed lockdown choice in a simplified SIR model and solve for the optimal length and intensity of lockdown, assuming a trade-off between...
Swedish high-frequency economic data
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2020-06-10
The Riksbank has put together a database with high-frequency data about the Swedish economy. Other government agencies have taken similar initiatives.
Costs of the pandemic on learning gains
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2020-06-11
In a recent working paper “Projecting the potential impacts of COVID-19school closures on academic achievement ” Megan Kuhfeld, James Soland, Beth Tarasawa, Angela Johnson, Erik Ruzek, Jing Liu use...
GDP development in Sweden relative to other countries in the wake of Covid-19
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2020-06-12
Swedish GDP closely follows that of our most important trading partners. In this Economic Commentary, network member Paola Di Casola and co-authors Y. Akkaya, C.-J. Belfrage and V. Corbo (Monetary...
Report: "Sweden through the crisis"
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2020-06-15
The Stockholm School of Economics launched today the first part of the new report "Sweden through the crisis". In it you can read views and perspectives from researchers connected to the School.
Face Masks Considerably Reduce COVID-19 Cases in Germany
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2020-06-16
The effect of face masks worn in public on the spread of Covid-19 has not been systematically analyzed so far. A new IZA Discussion Paper by Klaus Wälde and coauthors uses the synthetic control method...
Predicted fatality rates for Covid-19 around the world
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2020-06-18
Early reports suggest the fatality rate from COVID-19 varies greatly across countries, but non-random testing and incomplete vital registration systems render it impossible to directly estimate the...
Waning Immunity and the Second Wave: Some Projections for SARS-CoV-2
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2020-06-22
Network member Flavio Toxvaerd with coauthors consider, in a new working paper, the optimal social distancing policy in an SEIRS model of the COVID-19 epidemic in which immunity wanes over time.
Optimal dynamic confinement under uncertainty and learning
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2020-07-01
In a new paper, network member Christian Gollier analyzes the uncertainty surrounding how contagious a virus is and how that affects optimal suppression.
Influence of population heterogeneity on herd immunity to SARS-CoV-2
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2020-07-01
MIT economist Glenn Ellison surveys the epidemiological literature on an SIR extension incorporating heterogeneity in the activity rates of different subpopulations, and notes ways in which analyses...